3. Research areas (thematic focus on a particular branch of science within a scientific specialty or group of specialties):

theory and history of state and law; constitutional and international law. Commercial law, civil law, labor law. Administrative law and process; financial law; information law. Criminal law and criminology. Criminal procedure and criminology; operational search activity

5. The awards, which marked the publication of the previous contests, and in what categories:

3rd place in the competition for the best scientific, educational and periodical in the system of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine in 2015;

3rd place in the competition for the best scientific, educational and periodical in the system of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine in 2016

2nd place in All-Ukrainian competition for the best law edition in 2018

6. The authors of scientific periodicals:

leading scientists, young scientists, graduate students, adjuncts, and applicants of academic degrees, employees of law enforcement and human rights protection bodies

7. The founder of the periodical:

Donetsk Law Institute of MIA of Ukraine

8. Documents on the state registration of printed mass media:

КВ № 22761-12661ПР dated May 30, 2017

9. Registration as a professional edition:

9.1. Date and number of order of MES of Ukraine, branch of science:

the order of the MES of Ukraine dated 09.03.2016 No. 241; field of science: legal

9.2. Registration details (ISSN) of the international serials publications, what year:

ISSN 2524-0064, of the year 2015

10. The implementation of compulsory distribution of the publication:

The compulsory distribution includes 24 recipients (according to the Appendix to the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated May 10, 2002 № 608 "About the order of delivery of obligatory copies of documents).

12. Information about the Editor-in-chief, his deputies and the Executive Secretary of the Editorial Board:

Editor-in-Chief – Beschastnyi V.M., rector of Donetsk Law Institute of the MIA of Ukraine (DLI of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, PhD of Public administration, Professor, Honored lawyer of Ukraine;

Deputy editor – Nazymko Ye.S., First Vice-Rector of DLI of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Senior researcher;

Executive Secretary – Losych S.V., Head of Department of organization of scientific work, DLI of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Candidate of Legal Sciences.